MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Belgian Investment Company for Developing Companies (BIO) Names Joris Totté as CEO

The government-owned Belgian Investment Company for Developing Companies, also known as BIO, has announced that Joris Totté will be its new CEO. Mr Totté will succeed Luuk Zonneveld, who has held the title for 11 years and has taken on the role of Chair of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI), a Brussels-based NGO

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: BIO Loans $15m to AMK Microfinance of Cambodia

BIO, a government-owned institution also known as the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, recently loaned USD 15 million to Cambodia’s Angkor Microheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK). AMK provides individuals as well as micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises with